The work featured here has been funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF includes several multilateral funds working together to address the planet's most pressing environmental challenges and support developing countries to meet international environmental goals. UNDP has partnered with the GEF since 1991, supporting over 160 countries with over US$8 billion in grant funding. In its active portfolio, for every $1 in grants received, an additional $6 in co-financing investments are unlocked.
Global Environment Facility / GEF
Funding from the Least Developed Countries Fund will boost climate resilience and foster inclusive, green economic development in the four countries.
The government of South Sudan has launched a 5-year project to build long-term resilience in vulnerable agro-pastoral communities.
Solar and hydropower minigrids unlock opportunities that once seemed out of reach for the country’s scattered island communities.
In Rwanda, the planting of over one million trees and provision of almost 18,000 eco-friendly stoves is helping communities adapt to climate change.
Despite 2023's record heat, countries and communities around the world are inspiring hope that a low-carbon, more resilient future is possible.
Transparency is key to ensuring that everyone is doing their part to keep global warming to well below 2°C.
The world must step up support for Least Developed Countries – and follow their example.
This Mayan millennial agriculture system is key to forest conservation in Mexico – and needs women and young people to survive.
As the converging forces of climate change and conflict are reshaping development in the region, climate security has moved up the political agenda.
Solar energy can help countries in West Africa pursue low-carbon development while also bringing energy access to those who still need it
The bees facilitate the cross-pollination of plants, which is vital for the regeneration and growth of the forest ecosystem.
Indigenous communities in Belize find a livelihood and a home while protecting and restoring the forest's ecosystems.
